Experimental Observation of Brillouin Linewidth Broadening and Decay Time in Photonic Crystal Fiber

J.C. Beugnot (1) , B. Stiller (1) , S.F. Mafang (2) , M.W. Lee (1) , Michaël Delqué (1) , Alexandre Kudlinski (3) , Hervé Maillotte (1) , Vincent Laude (1) , Luc Thévenaz (2) , Thibaut Sylvestre (1)

1 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)
2 EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
3 PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523

We present a novel distributed sensing technique that allows for the observation of Brillouin gain spectral distribution and acoustic decay time in photonic crystal fiber as well as in standard single-mode fiber.

Domaines: Acoustique [physics.class-ph]; Acoustique [physics.class-ph]; Optique / photonique

J.C. Beugnot, B. Stiller, S.F. Mafang, M.W. Lee, Michaël Delqué, et al.. Experimental Observation of Brillouin Linewidth Broadening and Decay Time in Photonic Crystal Fiber. ECOC 2010, Sep 2010, Turin, Italy. paper Tu.4.D.5. ⟨hal-00541838⟩